Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-30
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

There were five ''sleepers" attached to las
evenings East-bound express train.
The Board of Fire Commissioners i:
composed entirely of Johns John Griffitts
John Conran. John Slater.
The steamer Dover has arrived from the
| upper Sacramento with a barge load oil
grain and barge load of hop poles.
7. J. Murray, resident of Stockton for
clerk at the Capital Hotel in this city, died
last Monday.
The meeting of the Open-Air Concert
this evening, has been postponed until to-
morrow evening.
The first Strawberries for the season for
Placer county were received in this city
yesterday. They were grown on Hector
ranch, near Newcastle.
The snagboat Seller, which has been w.
ing at the foot of ] street since she received
her repairs at the ways on the Yolo side of
the river, got up steam yesterday and left
for the lower Sac -amento.
The Sacramento river, under the influ-
ence of the strong Northwestern of yester-
day, rose to 20 feet 6 inches, the highest
figure of the season. but may be expected
to recede as the wind falls.
A gentleman who has been travelling ex-
tensively through the counties of Sacra-
mento, Yolo and Colusa, reports the grain
looking exceedingly well, and not at all
suffering from a lack Of rain.
A large number of white laborers, in
Guiding a carload from San Francisco, were
yesterday forwarded to the front" of the
California and Oregon Railroad, to be en-
nlOvad in GRADING and track LAYING
The Sacramento Turn Verein have Sc
cured the services of Prof. d. Besser, a
graduate of the Milwaukee Seminary, to
teach gymnastics upon systematic princi-
pies at the Turner Hall gymnasium.
The engine and one car of the north
bound freight train on the Northern Rail-
way were derailed at switch at Dunnigan
yesterday morning, and the train was de-
tanned about two hours in consequence.
These arrests were made yesterday !: Jack
Courtney, by officers Rider and wager, for
battery; j. /. Sweeney, by officer wager,
for being a healthy beggar Gin Duey and
Gin Ye, by officer Sullivan, for battery
upon each other.
L. J. Smith, ex-Assistant Clerk of the
Assembly, who is wanted here on charge
of obtaining money under false pretenses
from J. B. Atwood was arrested at San
Francisco yesterday, and an officer will be
sent down after him.
The highest and lowest Signal Service
temperature yesterday was 10 and $40,
with brisk to fresh northerly winds and
weather clear to fair The highest velocity
was % miles per hour. Barometer steady
during the day and falling at hight.
The fish in the Sacramento river at
Knights Landing, says the Woodland
Dem ocrdt OF Monday, had another war
waged upon them yesterday by an army of
anglers from Woodland The stream was
fairly lined with people with poles. The
various parties returned home about dusk,
all well laden with their prizes.
A boy about II years of age, naried Harry
L. Eppinger, who ran away from his home
in San Francisco about two weeks ago. and
came to Sacramento last Sunday, was taken
in charge by officer Sullivan last evening,
and will be taken home by that officer this
morning, when he goes down to get E. ].
Smith, whom he will bring up tonight.
Golfer and Jones, the HAY fork swind-
lers,' who have been under arrest at Wood
land, have compromised the charges
against them by repaying to the parties
swindled the full amount of their losses.
The Nal says LAS token of their graft
tude to District Attorney Sprague, whose
vigorous prosecution of Golfer brought the
rascals to their milk, the gleeful grangers
made Mr.. Sprague present of beautiful
gold headed ebony cane"
Robert Gallon, arrested at the last city
election for illegal voting, was arraigned in
the Superior Court yesterday morning, and
pleaded guilty. He stated that on the day
of election he was standing near the polls
without a cent in his pocket when man
offered him 81 80 to vote a certain ticket
He did not know the man, and did not
think he would be able to recognize him if
he saw him again. He will receive SEN
tence next Friday.